Pencil-bonded memorandum pad



Aug. 28, 1945.

C. C. HARRIS PEN C IL-BONDED MEMORANDUM PAD Filed Nov. 3, 1943 leave-infam- 6W3 QH'W Wan!- Patented Aug. 28, 1945 2i--fi=U ii S A E PA EN .JQ E I PENGILI-BONDED MEMORANDUM PAD Carl C. Harris, Orange, Mass,

1. Application November 3, 1943; Serial- No. 508 813 3 301mm. (01. 281 15?) of superimposed sheets acting to clamp together 3:)

thepencil and the sheets embraced by the clip, thereby securing the pencil to the pad and causing the pencil to reinforce the pad longitudinally against fiexure; J

A'iurther :object of the invention is-to provide a pencil-bonded pad of the character above described with aband secured to'said'base overlying theupper end portions of the sheet and means secured to the base overlying the tapered end of the pencil acting further to bond the pencil to and reinforce the pad, and also to prevent lateral movement of. the pencil upon the pad.

A further object of theinvention is to provide a pencil-bonded pad in which the means for releasably securing the tapered end of the pencil to the pad comprises a band secured at its ends and along its lower edge to the padand-overlying the lower ends of the loose sheets of the pad andalso overlying the tapered end'portion of the tapered end of the pencil.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pencil-bonded pad of the character above described in whichthe upper edges of the superimposed sheets, and preferablyi also the upper band, are provided centrally of their width with alined inwardly extending recesses to receive'the tongue ofthe clip; in order that the end of the pencil or an eraser projecting therefrom will not extend beyondthe upper edge of the base and the sheets superimposed thereupon.

A further object of the invention is to provide-a pencil-bonded pad of the character above described with asupplemental backing sheet secured to the base and forming therewith a pocket to receive sheet having memoranda inscribed thereon which have been removed from the pad and are desired to be preserved.

Another object of the invention is to provide a-pe'ncil bonded pocket pad which can be readily" adjacentthewearer and without unduly -bulging the pocket.

These and other objects and features of the invention :will morefully appear from the follow.- ing description and the 'accompanyingidrawing andwill be. particularly pointed out inthe claims.

Inthe drawing: a Figxlis a perspective-view-of a preferred embodiment ofthe ll'lVGIltiOllkfi f 1-; 1

Fig.2 is a perspectiveviewof a modified embodiment of the invention; and, i s

.Fig. 3-isa perspective view 'of the upper end portion of a preferred form ofjpencil and clip for bonding the pencil and ,a' plurality of super.- imposed sheets to the pad. j Y

The embodiments j of. the; invention illustrated in the drawing comprise broadly apencil-bonded writing 'pad having a base of preferably thin sheet material havinga multiplicity of sheets of writing paper superimposed thereon with means for retaining theupper ends of the-sheet from laterahdisplacementrelatively to the padand to eachother and a pencil having adjacent its upper end a thin resilient clip extending-overand detachably. embracing theupper ends'of a plurality of the superimposed sheets withithe tongue thereof clampingtheiembraced-sheets and pencil together in such manner as to hold the pencil firmly upon'the pad and thereby to reinforce the padlongitudinally. Preferably means are provided for releasablyclamping the lower end 'of the pencil upon thepad thereby further reinforcing the pad against fiexure. l r

The pencil-bonded pad construction illustrated in Fig.- lcomprises a base I, of sheet material, such as leathencardboard, or the like, of preferably rectangular form of, suitable width and'length to be readily introduced into the-pocketpf the user withamultiplicity.of'narrower-sheets 2 of writingpaperv superimposedthereupon. -In the con struetion illustrated in Fig. '1 the sheets desirably are separate superimposed sheets and the upper ends of the sheetsare secured against lateral displacementrelativelyto the base and toeach other by a narrow band- 3 of vflexible.material, suchas leatheniabric, paper, or the like, which is secured-at its edges by lines ofstitching 4. and'5 tothebaseof the pad, the portion 6 thereof between the lines' of stitching havingsuch fullness as to receive the upper ends ofthe superimposed sheets between it and the base;

The lower end-portion of the pad is similarly provided with a band 1 which is secured to it by a line of stitching 8' extending across'oneend, continuing across the padadjacent the lowerend thereof and'continuin across the opposite end of the Joand l; The portion of the band between the lines of stitching at the ends of the band is likewise prowded with sufiicient fullness to receive the lower ends of the superimposed sheets and retain them from lateral displacement relatively to the base and to each other and to prevent curling of the corners thereof. Desirably the upper edge of the band 1 is inclined slightly outwardly to facilitate the introduction of the lower end of the pencil beneath the band,

In the construction illustrated in Fig. 1 a su-pplemental backing member 9 of leather, or other suitable material, is secured to the bas 2 of the pad to provide a pocket into which a sheet or sheets of memoranda may be introduced after having been removed from the face of the pad' attached to the pad to lie within the border of the upper end of the pad while the tongue of the pencil engages a plurality of the superimposed sheets and thereby bonds the upper end of the pad and pencil firmly together. The lower tapered end of the pencil extends beneath the band 1 so that the flat body of the pencil is firmly clamped upon the pad and serves further to reinforce it against flexure.

A modified embodiment of the invention is illustrated inFig. 2 in which the padcomprises a thin sheet metal base 24 having superimposed thereupon a multiplicity of sheets 25 of writing and preserved for future reference. In the preferred construction illustrated the supplemental backing sheet 9 is secured to the base by a line of stitching H) which extends lengthwise of one side of the pad across the bottom with a continuing portion I I which extends partway up the opposite longitudinal edge of the pad so that the upper corner portion of the supplemental backingsheet 9 may beseparated from the pad, as illustrated in Fig. l, for the purpose of permitting the sheet or sheetsremoved from the pad to be easily inserted into the'pocket' thus rovided.

Desirably the central portion of the upper end of the superimposed sheets and also the band 3 are provided with alined'preferably semi-circular recesses 12 to receive the portion of the clip which bonds the pencil tothe pad.

Any suitable form of pencil having a clip of thin material may be employed, and the term pencil is used herein in a broad sense as defining a manually used writing instrumentality such as a leadpencil preferably a mechanical pencil, a stylographic pen, or the like.

Preferably a thin P ncil having a body of rectangular cross section is employed in which one of the fiat faces l3 engages the face of the uppermost sheet and the relatively thin sides or edges it are of such narrow width as to add but little to the thickness of the pencil-bonded pad.

\An automatic mechanical pencil is illustrated in Fig. l'having a tapered end portion l5 which merges into a conical point section l8 adapted to be rotated to propel and repel the lead I! as is usual in automatic pencils of thisty-pe. As illustrated an eraser I8. is detachably mounted in the loops 2!! which extend a short distance in parallelism with the sides of the penciland are offset inwardlyto provide fulcrum points 21 which cooperate with'the flat face of the pencil with an arched tongue22 extending from said fulcrum points'longitudinally of the pencil body well beyond the pivotal points of the legs l5 and provided with a looped end 23 which is slightly bent outwardly to enable the clip to be readily introduced between two adjacent writing sheets of the pad.

As illustrated in Fig. l the looped portion of the clip extends beyond the end of the pencil into the recess H at the upper end of the pad sufllciently to enable the eraser f8 of the pencil when tending inwardly from the central portion of the padwith the remaining upper ends of the sheets secured together by an adhesive binding 21; or in any other suitable manner, to prevent them from lateral movement relatively to the base and to each other.

In this construction: a band '28 encircles the lower end portion of the pad and the free ends of the superimposed sheets and the ends 29 of the band are secured to the base 24 by adhesive or in any suitable manner. In this construction a flat lead pencil, which may be an automatic pencil on a wooden pencil, maybe employed and the upper end of the pencil'provided with a suitable clip preferably such as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the lower tapered end of the'pencil being retained beneath the band 28 in the manner heretofore described.

Desirably a wire clip, such as is illustrated in Fig. 3, is employed which by reason of the pivotal connection of the legs 19 to thetside edges of th pencil and the reversely bent open loops will permit the larger number of sheets to be inserted and clamped upon the pencil than in usual clip; constructions. Furthermore in the construction illustrated in Fig. 3 the fulcrum points 2| and the end of the tongue 23 provides a threepoint clamping actionwhich will force the body portion of the pencil firmly against the pad and also prevent lateral swinging movement'of the pencil which might remove the lower end of the-pencil from beneath the lower band.

It will be understood that the particular embodimentsof the invention shown and described herein are of an illustrative character and not restrictive; of the meaning and scope of the following claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimednas new, and desired to besecured by LettersPatent, is: l; A writing pad comprising a fiat base of suitable material, a multiplicity of like sheets uniformly superimposed thereon having midway of the width of their upper ends uniform alined recesses adapted to receive and enable a resilient pencil clip to embrace a plurality of said sheets, means for preventing relative lateral displacement of said upper ends, and means secured to said base overlying the lower corner portions of said superimposed sheets to prevent relative lateral displacement of the sheets and curling of the corners thereof. 7

2. A writing pad comprising a flat base of suitable material, a multiplicity of like sheets uniformly superimposed thereon having midway of the width of theirupper ends uniform alined recesses adapted to receive the resilient clip of a mechanical pencil and enable it to embrace a plurality, of said sheets, and a narrow band secured to said base embracing the lower end portion of superimposed sheets and adapted to engage the tapered end of the pencil.

3. A writing pad comprising a flat base of suitable material, a multiplicity of like sheets uniformly superimposed thereon having midway of the width of their upper ends uniform alined recesses adapted to receive the resilient clip of a mechanical pencil and enable it to embrace a.

curling of the comers.

CARL C. HARRIS. 

